The Democratic Party’s internal fractures burst into public view Tuesday as co-hosts of ABC’s The View went to war — not with Republicans, but with two of their own: former President Barack Obama and billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban.
With the 2026 election season heating up, the simmering tension between party elites and the Democratic base exploded on air. Whoopi Goldberg, Ana Navarro, and Sara Haines took direct aim at Obama and Cuban’s recent critiques of the party’s messaging.
“Let me remind everybody who was out on the front lines marching — it was the people,” Goldberg declared. “They were not navel-gazing. It was older people fighting for Social Security, parents demanding rights for their children. This hasn’t been about Democrats laying back — it’s been about you, the electeds, because your messaging has always been the same.”
Her fiery takedown followed Obama’s comments at a political fundraiser last Friday where he admonished Democrats to “toughen up” and stop “navel-gazing,” saying now is not the time for disappointment or disengagement.
“Don’t tell me you’re a Democrat but you’re kind of disappointed right now, so you’re not doing anything,” Obama warned. “No, now is exactly the time you get in there and do something.”
But Goldberg wasn’t having it.
“With much due respect to you both,” she said, referring to Obama and Cuban, “you’re pointing the finger at the wrong people when you say ‘Democrats.’”
Haines backed her up, insisting on a distinction between passionate voters and elected officials who, she said, have failed to deliver bold solutions. “It would be a ripe time for some elected Democrat to come forward with a plan on immigration,” she said. “But I’ve heard none of that.”
Cuban, meanwhile, drew the hosts’ ire for slamming the Democrats’ Trump-focused strategy during a Pod Save America interview.
“It’s just ‘Trump sucks,’” Cuban said. “That’s the underlying thought of everything the Democrats do. That’s not the way to win. It’s not about Trump — it’s about the people.”
Navarro fired back.
“Yeah, OK, so some of us say Donald Trump sucks. He does suck. And it feels good to say it!” she exclaimed.
Cuban also criticized the party’s messaging for failing to connect with ordinary Americans, a theme echoed by Obama, who warned Democrats to “stop looking for the messiah” and “support the candidates we have now.”
But The View’s hosts weren’t buying it. “People have been out there,” Goldberg said. “Stop telling us we haven’t done our part.”
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I’m not sure if Obama’s remarks were rational, or if they might be helpful to his party, but the silly childish bickering being touted as a “civil war” in the Dem Party is absolutely pathetic. When will these empty-headed leftists recognize that their problem is that not only don’t they have a stance, a platform, a message, but any message they might want to convey is already taken by the Republicans. Open borders didn’t work, let’s close them (even Biden agreed to that in his last few months) — oops, Trump is already doing that. Regulating business and citizens in micro fashion because of possible climate change consequences is unpopular and way too expensive, let’s relax them (even used-car-salesman Newsom agrees with that, considering his recent attempts in his own State) — oops, Trump is doing that. Trans men in women’s sports is unfair and unpopular (Newsom said that to Charlie Kirk on his podcast) let’s take it down a notch (no, Newsom didn’t agree to that) — oops, The GOP is on that. And on and on, they have no message, only Trump hate. Now, if they were more coherent in their own policies etc., they would be able to argue against much of what Trump is doing (like locking up many non-criminal illegals, or ignoring the Epstein fiasco), but they’re so off base, no one can listen to them.